The Sun. — London, England, 1818-01-12 00:00:00

E CoUNTRY. As the Acquittals of Mr. lloNv. contintie to he matter of triumph to the adrOir.rs of ELASPAEMY and the abe'ttors of SepyrioN, we insert the fol lowing article, in order to spew that the senti ments of these prnjVgate Pemacrats are not the sentiments of 'THE cOUNTft It. The article which we now SPiectfr,imi am-Country - .Tom-nal, appear.' ed verbatim in Ma CA.ester Courant of the 30th 'tilt, and therefore we are, incliu& to think that it was originally taken fr,oni a London Newspaper. If so, we regret that the Country I ,l ,ditors did not express their own opinions on thersubiert, which, judging frotn the general contents of their respec tive Journals, they are well qualified to do, for their own credit and Oat satisfaction of their Readers. nowever, as the article itself may reasonably be supposed to express the opinions of the Districts in which bath of these Journals chiefly circulate, and is well worthy of being transferred to the columns of Ttic SUN, we willingly insert it. (From The Carlisle Patriot of the 27th ult.) "Avery considerable portion of our columns is this week occuped with the details of Mr. Hone's Trials, who, as our Readers already know, was indicted by the Attorney-General for the poblicatiOn of profane and - seditious Parodies nu the Creed, Litany, Decalogue, &c. of the Church of England. These Trials are of the ut most importance to the country, and to the cause of religion in general ; they afford matter for the most serious and painful reflection ; and n long train of consequences is,likely to result from them. The nature, though' not the extent, of the defend ant's offence will be seen by the short extracts which we have given from these Parodies, in our report of the ttia:s. His defence was simply, that the practice of wr iting Parodies on the Scriptures was as old as the time of Luther, at least, and that the most virtuous and godly men had resorted to it. In proof of this he brought forward all the parodies either he or his ft lends could scrape to gether, and he read as many of them as he was permitted to do, to the great gratification, it seems, of the numerous auditory, whose conduct was most reprehensible. Three successive Juries pronounced the Defendant Not Guilty. The con viction on the minds of the Jury must have been, that the Defendant had not a blasphemous intent. Now, though we have the greatest respect for the verdicts of Juries, we cannot help remarking that it certainly singular to. acquit a man in refer ance to his inten'ions %%luau his actions had glaringly prods -e 'he effect charged against him. But ft re we s•op. We refer the n-ad(r to the 'Dials, and mt, she! . he has read them, he is of opinion that stir!: parodies 'ought to be tolerated in -a' Christian Cottony, be of course will applaud the labours of Mr. Hone, and consider him a need lessly-persecuted man ; but if, on the contrary, be has a floe respect for religion, and through its aid expects to rise triumphant from-the grave;— . nay, if he only considers religion as a code, of po licy, necessary to restrain the tinbalent passions of Theo within proper bounds, and as the prop of t society—he then will feel the utmost disgost at the conduct of the man who can so sport with it, and : lament that such practices should be law fol. There are 'other and far higher standards by which to try this important question, which will readily occur to every considerate and tatioted mind, but we are willing to trust even to the weak test which we have adduced above, and do not fear time result with those whose opinion is of any value or consequence. Mr. Hone, on his trial, talked of conscious innocence,' and expressed a belief that Providence had interfered to give him powers to defend himself,' but very few, we pre some, will be disposed to envy him either his con sciousness or his belief. As the offensive passages were read, bursts of laughter and of approbation frequently interrupted the proceedings of time Court Whence did this levity arise, if not from that irreligious spirit which these and other simi lar publications have created ? This conduct, as was truly observed by Sir Samuel Shepherd,' was the.best proof that could be given of the manner in which these Parodies were estimated by the unthinking, and showed clearly how well they were calculated to engender in the mind ludicrous and irreverent notions.—But there are hundreds, we may say - thousands, who look on time acquittal of Hone as a triumph, in every point of view de sirable and glorious. We envy not such their sa tisfaction, and leave them to the enjoyment of it ; that is a matter which must be settled hereafter bet en them and their consciences. But we shall have other opportunities of discussing this 'topic more at length. ," Whoever has cultivated an acquaintance with the productions of the periodical Press within the last 18 months, cannot be insensible to the various modes by which the animosities of the people have been excited against men in power. Among the most singular and the most effective of these modes, is the use which is made of every acquittal for a state offence. Nay, conviction or acquittal alike furnish subjects of charge against those in authority. If the accused is found guilty, time Jury has been packed, and time wit nesses suborned ; if acquitted, the verdict of a Jury has been proof agvinst the corrupt endea vours o f t h e c our t, Tios, whatever be the event, the Gayernament is guilty still, and the idea of guilt in the accused is never for a moment enter tained. Hone in his third trial, speaking of Mi nisters, declared that he Would impeach them, and he ended his sentence with the exclamation of The Wretches !—and this, with the croud, was, ex cellcut !—Doctrines like these have a prodigious influence not only in London, but all over the country, in such times as the present. And time poison circulated by one Journal cannot be eradi cated by another, for, to say nothing of the in fitteuce of a first impressicn, those who profess such doctrines seldom or never look into the other side of the question, because they do not like to have their favourite opinions disturbed. We re cellect being in company a short time ago when . a person Present spoke icadly iti - prtilsr elf :qr. Rrougham's speech at the cln%e of last Srssion, and cvith correipnnirng naimth Oil what therein attributed to Lord Castlcrelgh. On being asked if he allowed no wvight to the renli'c3 of his Lordship and 111 r. Canning, he ans:.vet.ed, Oh ! I dot tint read their replies ; I only read Air. Brougham's Speech, and it is an admit Able one ! I .' " FRENCH PAPERS. CHAMBER OF PEERS, 3AI. 5. The keeper of the Seals presented to the Cham ber a Projet of Law respecting the Liberty of the Press, adopted by the Chamber of Deputies, wi!h several Amendments, which had beet' assented to by the King. lie developed the motives of the Projet, and also explained the modifications made in the original arrangement. • The Chamber ordered the printing of the mo tives. It will assemble next Thursday in the Bit reaUx for the examination of the Projet, which will be in. the meantime printed and distributed. Adjourned till Thursday, to examine at noon the Projet of Law in the Bureaux, and to discuss it in an assembly of the Chamber at ttiw•o. the two frigtite3 for d e piitiinie og bloaaTiog ihe port or Too;„ A fz,t , , c.:;(;.—Ofli• tvi.o intirnAls, Swri:e;'Jols and 17th Gazo':e of Ainti, "have been sulijectud . teohe Censorship of the Council of State. Th e Edito r it; the 'Gazette has an nounced td his teaders; Itiat if lie is c6nst:•aioed not to tell the whole truth, no consideration shall induce him to alter it. The Purcpean, of Hen', a new Journal, which began to he accredited in switirrland, has also been snNected to a Censor belonging to the Secret Council. CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES, JAY. 7. The Chamber proceeded to the election of a Vice-President, in the room of M. Faget de More, deceased. o,t the first Appel Nominal there were 195 voters, absolute - nnjority 98. The result was, or M. Ravez 86 ; MM. t,le ,Villele 64 ; Lafi!te 17 ; Roi 12 ; Rove•- Collard 3 ; Courvoisier . 3 ; the Di,ke Trevise 3 ; Camille-Jordan 3, &c. A second scrutiny was resorted to ; number of voters 206. There appeared for M. Ravez 108; M. (le Villele 64 ; M. L4fitte 17 ; M. Roy 9, &c. M. Ravez was declared duly elected. The Count de Ambrogeac reported from the Committee on the Projet, of the Law respecting Recruitment. The Report, after dwelling upon the difficulties which the consideration of the sub ject involved ; proposes to alter the first article, so that young men drawn by ballot in each year may be distributed amongst._ all the different corps of the army according to the wants of each. Se veral other amendments. were suggested in the Report respecting the details of the• ballot, the exceptions, Sze. ; and one, purporting that the soldiers whose terms of service had expired, should not be discharged in time of war, , till the arrival of the contingent by which they were to replaced. The Report gnus oft to spprove generally of the Projet, hot suggesting some amendments, and recommending the suppression of the whole of the Title 6, respecting the promotion of Officers, on the ground of its interfering with the King's pre rogative. Instead of the latter, the -Committee p ro p ose substitute tl,e following : 7 — Art. 27. No one can he an officer, unless he has served four years, including two years service as a sub-officer, or sinless lie has for two years gone through the exercises of the Special . Military schools,, and satisfactorily answered their exannoations. A third of the Vacant Sub-Lientenancies shall he given to-Sub-Officers. The Chamber ordered the printing of the Re port, and of the amended Projet. Immediately . atterwards a great, number of Members presented themselves at the Bureau, to the right and left, to inscribe their names. Wednesday next was fixed -for the discussion. Adjourned. --- PARIS, JAN S.—The Committee on the Budget has appointed the Duke de Gaete it President, and the Count de Beugnot its Secretary. The Duke of Wellington dined last Thursday with the Count de Cazes, the Minister of General Police, and -on Saturday was present at a ball given by his Excellency. By a Royal Ordonnance published' yesterday the number of Officers on the Staff of the Royal Artillery is reduced from 345 to 300, and the others in proportion. The labours of the Committee of the Chamber of Deputies on the Concordat are nearly termi nated. M. Despaty is said to be appointed reporter. From Antwerp, the 3d instant, we learn that there had been a serious affray between the sof 'tilers of the garrison there and the inhabitants, in which several of the former had been killed. and others dangerously wounded. Letters from Bayonne state,. that it is intended to confine Las Casas in the fortress of Keeuigin Gratz, in Bohemia. The Duy of Algiers has by an Ordonnance es tablished a maximum for all articles coming to ma rt t. The King had a slight attack of the gout yes terday morning. The Council of Ministers sum moned for yesterday was postponed. M. de Maubreuil is said to have gone towards Antwerp, supposed with the intention of embark ing- there. Letters from Rhodez state, that Madame Man son had withdrawn her appeal against being put in accusation. She persists in promising for the Assizes of Albi the disclosure of the whole truth. Private letters from the North of Germany state, that there is a strong opposition party in the Chamber • of Nobles in the Swedish Diet, headed by Baron Louis de Stael Holstein. A letter from Frankfort states, that M. Felix Desportes had been set at liberty, on condition of quitting that city in 24 hours. The cause between the Duke of Orleans and M. Jullien came on yesterday by appeal before the first Chamber of the Tribunal de Premiere In stance. M. 'frillier spoke for three hours on be half of M. Jullien. The further heating was post poned for eight days, WARSAW, llEc. I9.—The Emperor is expected here by the end of March. His Imperial Majesty is expected to remain here during April, and to return to Petersborgh in May. It is said the King of Plussia will about that period proceed to Petersburgh. The assembly of Sovereigns, not withstanding what has been said in some of the Journals, will take place in time autumn. GIBRALTAR, DEC. Is.—The object of . the two Portuguese frigates which have anchored here, is to prevent the Tunisian Corsairs from passing time Straits. Should the Bey of Tunis obstinately re fuse to renew time truce with Portugal, it is said that other vessels of war will sail from Lisbon to W►'e received yesterday three day's Paris Papers, to Thurday last inclusive.' Those of Friday, which were doe this morning, have not come to band. The l'rojet respecting the Press was piesente,sl to the Chamber of Peers on Monday last, as, adopted by the Chamber oF Deputies. The dis cussion W 35 fixed for Thursday. In.the Chamber of Deputies, on, Wednesday, the Report was made flow the Committee on the Pro:,'..t relative to recruitment. The Commit tee recommend some amendments, particularly -one for distm:buting amongst all the corps of time army the young men raised by Ballot in the re sjiectivc departments, and another respecting the promotion of officers who are to be taken either from the sub-officers of the army, or the scholars of the military schools, one-third of the vacant lieutenancies to be given to sub-officers. The dis cussion was fixed for Wednesday next. The report of a meeting of the Allied Sove reigns is again renewed, and it is asserted will take place in the ensuing autumn. For the deuils from the Journals, we refer our Readers to another column. FIVE PER CENTS: Monday Tuesday Wednesday.. 65 f. 15 e. 65 f. 45 c. 65 f. 60 c. By the latest advises from ITAYrt, we learn that all was tranvil. CIIRISTOPM3 and PBTIoN have each their out-posts, and marauders. were occa sionally taken by both ; but no active warfare. — The letter we received is dated the 6th of No vember. - New York Papers to the 10th ult. arrived this morning. The Norfolkld of Dec. 12, says; ".the frost has never; within our recollection, been so severe at the early period of the season as during the last five ►lays ; the ice on the ponds in the nei;•l►bonrl►ood have been Of a sufficient thickness to admit of good skaiting, a circumstance scarcely ever known here until after Christmas." A Letter from Quebec, dated Dec. 4, states, the %vitaer is fairly set in, as may be seen by the state of the thermometer. We believe the last vessel that will sail this year left the Port `ester day. This morning ai BA. N. the thermometer ryas at 3-.1 below 0. THREE O'CLOCK. We have just been assured, that tht: parag!apli in The . tiorning Chronicle of this day, and .other Papers, stating that " Ministers have agreed with the Governors and Directors of Oie Bank, to in troduce a Bill into Parliament, to continue the Restriction of Cash for two years more, from the month of July next, at %%ilich time the present Restriction expires," IS ,WITHOUT FOUNDATION. to) COrtIIESPONDEN l'S. The Readers of our PtiorEsTAvr and Owrtionox PAPER Ariit hear with pleasure, that we shall insert a Letter train LANritAxe To-morrow. Also, Civis, from Clirlteilliani. Our principles of impartiality would induce us td insert the Letter front Bristol, signed a LOVER of Timm, of the 6th instant, if it did not it/Iply a personal attack on a venerable Dignitary of the Church, who is touch indisposed, as well as contain some mistakes, and if the publication could answer any beneficial purpose. Vie are obliged to defer many favours. THEATRICAL REGISTEIt. Performed on Sobaday Nigh!. THEATRE ROTA I, DRURY-LAN:E.—Richard. Duke of Bork Principal Performers, ?.h. Ker.n and Itlrs.plover. After which, Harlequin's Vision. Tit EATttE Ro.YAL,COVENT-GAIIDEN.—Gury annering : Henry Bertram, Mr. Brahato ; Lucy Bertram, Miss aseplrrns. After which, Harlequin Gulliver. M A I LS. ARRtvED-2 Dublin, 1 Guernsey and Jersey, I Holland, 2 -France, 1 Flanders. Du E—2 Waterford, I Holland, 4 Gottenburgh, 2 Hantburgh. PRIVE SIOCKS E I.V THIS DAY AT T 3 per Cent. Red 814“4 3 per Cent. C0n5.......8AH 4 per Cents 49- per Cent. Nary Ann. Lank L. Ann.... 20 13,16111 s?) 1 India Bonds-.:.. 103 s. 105/.. pr. South Sea Stuck .. e9l xcli. Bills 2 o ,s. 28s. pr. I Cons. for Account, ......8211, I . , SUG.kit. Ave,age Price of Brown or Nluscovatto Sugar, computeri from the Itelttrwt made in the Week ending the 7th day of January, is 43s..tild. per cwt. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TOMORROW. Morning, .33 minutes after 6. r Evening, niinuti.'s after 7. THE SUN. SOLEM tzUIS DICLRE k'A!.SUM iiEAT ? LONDON, MONDAY, JANUARY 12, 1818. titir rti;ki'.7:;. Stir Jiit: 11.-0 a tiliday nitilit, ak , `" half past aline o'cloc!c, Ellis pi:we -waS thrown the greenest cotis:teitiati( ? n, ring by ting of ill j e alarm bells i n the Leek-Yard; the beating ` drums, and the living 6f the Men of war's It was occei6ioned by d fire having broker! out ii the house belonging to the steam engine erecte d for carrying on the new corks, situated iti ti e southern part of the Dock-Yard, neni7 tiae 1 41114 used for burning cement stone. The most seriotr4 apprehensions were e n t erta ined f o r t h e :Safety' `' f t he Arsenal, atid what was more distressing to th e feelings of the spectatdrs, was its contiguity "`, tfic he Workhouse, which, from the pressure of t times and want of employment, is crowded itb many unfortunate individitals. Providence, hoW' ever, a?erted the impending dan'ger, and about l-• o'clock we bad the pleasure of seeing the ragio% flames subdued, with only the loss of the - engioe" house. No lives, it is understood, have been 1 05f ' but one poor man is severely hurt. Too mita Praise cannot he given to the vibole of the Officers of the Dock-3i who e'nerff 24 thernselve.s in a most lantlable manirer. Mr. ? -3 " /- tot'', the Master Shipwright, and 3 r.Furkng:lu' ; Clerk to• the Commissiomers, %s-ere particOlrif conspicuous in their exertions- ; ant in slxort' every one displayed the greatest activity. Captain Walker of the NorthuMberlandi 053 j the Officers of that ship,- Lieutenant Griffin e l' the Swan, cotter, and Captain Brown awl th ° Officers of the Ordinary, with the Military 011 v cers and soldiers of the garrison, assembled on Ili ( ' first alarm. The latter were under arms 114 whole time, and were of great service in keeping Gl { the spectators. The inhabitants of the town w"'` at one time under serious apprncensions,. Hs the fire was not far from the Fionitain Tavern, a" 1 the residence of Mr. Miller, in High-street. tV -; the former, the landlady of the house had but re cently lain in, and was removed on the first shat jib being given. Sir Robert Bcrlow, from Chatham, who sttpe" intends during the absence of Commissione r Boyle, was -here yesterday to investigate into t l ! ° . cause, which it is suspected arose from careless' The damage, however, has not been se) great as wss at first expected, and which it i nig,l ll ' have been lint for the prompt aEzd effectual assist,. ance that was given. [ANOTHER LETTER, SAME DATE.] SHEERNESS,. JM . 11 .----Sailed fur Rotterdkro the galliot Courier, Hocrc,, Master, with distharir eel troops ; also sailed for New South WtiteA` with convicts,theTottenh am , Capt. M`D O OO.A.L.I.- This ship has on board the Derby Rioters. • PORTSMOUTH, JAN. H.—Arrived yesterday 05 Majesty's ship Tamar from Newfoundland ; saitell from thence the 25th December, in company %vi al the Fame, hound to Greenock. The Mary w,ls' r' sail the following day fur England; the BrothzriP for Liverpool, was expected to sail about the 51 1 )/ and the , Funchal, for Greenook, about the 150 1 January. The Express, for Waterford ; sailed Ole 23d December. The New Centry, from Liverpoo l with provisions, arrived at St. John's the 2"Pl I December ; left at St. John's his Majesty's Egcira, Sir Francis Drake, Fly, and loyal. 'fl Vigilant, ALLEN, from Teneriffe, sailed tlu 2d : December ; left loading the Ann and Neptune. Young Anan, and Formax, which would be ready for sea in about six days. The Nancy, Djcg, had been condemned as unfit for sea, ln lat. 3 6 - 30. N. long. 13.30. W. spoke the Friends, frof Hull for Rio Janeiro, all well. Arrived to.-daY his Majesty's ship Tiber front a cruise, and the Mary Gilliat transport from Halifax, in 23 days, with troops ; she left there the Pallas, Th om as, Jeffreys, and Sarah Jane. The Aurora sailed for Liverpool 20 days before. The Amicus, horn Cork, had arrived at Halifax, after 52 days' pas' sage. MAL, JAN. 11.—Arrived yesterday, and saitea for the River, the Minstrel, 13tusT0w, from Ben.. Arrived to-day, and sailed for the River, the Ann, ANDERSON, from Jamaica, and A:Till.. bald, BAnK, from ilarantw,h. FALmotTrn, JAN. 9.—Arrived to-day, off this port, the Sally, JAMES, from'St, Michael's, anti proceeded for London. The Lady Arabella packer, with a mail for Lisbon, has gone into the Roads. INI:t.FoRD, HAVEN, JAN. 7.—Arrived yesterday. the Mansfield packet, Captain NCTTALL, with the mail from Waterford ; the Lapwing, EawARDs, from Swansea, for Yarmouth, with coals ; and the Diana, BATHET”, from Southampton, For Waterford. Sailed the Leicester packet, Captain !STEELE, with a Ell4ll and passengers ; and the Mosquidovit Revenue schooner upon a cruise. JAN. 8.--,-The Freeling packet, Capt. flucurs, sailed last n i g h t w i t h the mail and passengers for Watetford, and the Sandwich, Captain roTTE H is just arrived with the mail and passengers there from. CORK. JAN. 6.—Sailed bis Majesty's ship F 46 niotyli OD a cruise. ness. r• , , ty l 1)1 tei of by • 1) t